My Favorite Things

With apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Julie Andrews:

BVT blockers and feature team meetings,
Checking in code and build folder cleanings,
Making my dev cry with hardly a strain:
These are a few of my favorite things.

Installing new builds and making them crumple,
Devs sleeping in offices their clothing all rumpled,
Watching apps founder like new born younglings:
These are a few of my favorite things.

When my app croaks, when crashes it brings,
When I'm in the zone,
I run through each of my favorite things
And lo - how the bug count has grown!

Weird happenstances that never should happen,
Laughing as my dev's face it becomes all ashen,
They sit and mourn while I do handsprings:
These are a few of my favorite things!

When my app croaks, when crashes it brings,
When I'm in the zone,
I run through each of my favorite things
And lo - how the bug count has grown!

I run through each of my favorite things
And lo - how the bug count has grown!

 

*** Want a fun job on a great team? I need a tester! Interested? Let's talk: Michael dot J dot Hunter at microsoft dot com. Great coding skills required.

Comments

• Anonymous
  October 19, 2005
  Very nice Michael. All we need now is a Test Jam session in which we can iron this baby out...:)
• Anonymous
  October 23, 2005
  LOL! forwarded to my devs and testers ;)...
• Anonymous
  October 25, 2005
  Top darts!
  
  Have you seen this alternative version?
  
  http://www.geocities.com/harry_robinson_testing/FavoriteThings.htm
• Anonymous
  October 25, 2005
  I hadn't seen that version - thanks for the pointer!